Which to use
“grâce” and “greco” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #417
- “grâce” frequency rank
- #35,974
- “greco” frequency rank
- 36391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grâce | greco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui plaît dans les attitudes, les manières, les discours : Un certain agrément, un certain charme indéfinissable. | Habitant de la Grèce, un Grec. |
Where the eye mixes grâce and greco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grâce and greco
A purely visual mix-up. grâce (\ɡʁɑs\) and greco (\ˈɡrɛ.ko\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grâce is recorded at frequency rank #417, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\. greco is at rank #35,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡrɛ.ko\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 36391, this pair ranks #269,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grâce vs greco
Shared letters: cegr. Private to "grâce": â. Private to "greco": o.
"grâce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "greco" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- greco ← gerco · ggreco · grceo · grecco · greoc · grreco · rgeco
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grâce" for "greco" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grâce" or "greco"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grâce" and "greco" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grâce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "greco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grâce" and "greco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greco vs Greek". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #269,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.